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7 Alabama opinions name it 2 courts 1981–2025 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Virgil Lee Brownlee v. Michael Haleygreen2 sentences2025Ed. 2d 389 (2000) (defense counsel rendered deficient performance and Williams was prejudiced when counsel failed to investigate and to present substantial mitigating evidence to the sentencing jury); Brownlee v. Haley, 306 F.3d 1043, 1074 (11th Cir. 2002) ('In this case, counsel's absolute failure to investigate, obtain, or present any evidence, let alone the powerful, concrete, and specific mitigating evidence that was available, prevented the jurors from hearing anything at all about the defendant before them. 2024Ed. 2d 389 (2000) (defense counsel rendered deficient performance and Williams was prejudiced when counsel failed to investigate and to present substantial mitigating evidence to the sentencing jury); Brownlee v. Haley, 306 F.3d 1043, 1074 (11th Cir. 2002) ('In this case, counsel's absolute failure to investigate, obtain, or present any evidence, let alone the powerful, concrete, and specific mitigating evidence that was available, prevented the jurors from hearing anything at all about the defendant before them. 100 CR-21-0109 An individualized sentence, as required by the law, was therefore | 2 | 3 |
Williams v. Taylorgreen2 sentences2005See, also, Williams v. Taylor , 529 U.S. 362 , 120 S.Ct. 1495 , 146 L.Ed.2d 389 (2000) (defense counsel rendered deficient performance and Williams was prejudiced when counsel failed to investigate and to present substantial mitigating evidence to the sentencing jury); Brownlee v. Haley , 306 F.3d 1043 , 1074 (11th Cir. 2002) ("In this case, counsel's absolute failure to investigate, obtain, or present any evidence, let alone the powerful, concrete, and specific mitigating evidence that was available, prevented the jurors from hearing anything at all about the defendant before them. 2005See, also, Williams v. Taylor , 529 U.S. 362 , 120 S.Ct. 1495 , 146 L.Ed.2d 389 (2000) (defense counsel rendered deficient performance and Williams was prejudiced when counsel failed to investigate and to present substantial mitigating evidence to the sentencing jury); Brownlee v. Haley , 306 F.3d 1043 , 1074 (11th Cir. 2002) ("In this case, counsel's absolute failure to investigate, obtain, or present any evidence, let alone the powerful, concrete, and specific mitigating evidence that was available, prevented the jurors from hearing anything at all about the defendant before them. | 1 | 1 |
Loewe v. Rogersgreen1 sentence1997See also Ex parte Slaton, 680 So.2d 909, 920-21 (Ala. 1996), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 117 S.Ct. 742 , 136 L.Ed.2d 680 (1997) (the Alabama Supreme Court found no error in the appellant's claim that the trial court's reference to the term "moral certainty" during the guilt phase and then again subsequently during the sentencing phase constituted reversible error). | 1 | 1 |
Ex Parte Slatongreen1 sentence1997See also Ex parte Slaton, 680 So.2d 909, 920-21 (Ala. 1996), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 117 S.Ct. 742 , 136 L.Ed.2d 680 (1997) (the Alabama Supreme Court found no error in the appellant's claim that the trial court's reference to the term "moral certainty" during the guilt phase and then again subsequently during the sentencing phase constituted reversible error). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Harris v. State
green
1 sentence1988If you are unable to do this, then you must decide which witness you choose to believe and which witness you choose not to believe." The judge instructed the jurors on the factors they should consider in weighing the testimony of the witnesses, and that the defendant's testimony "should be, like any other witness, should be given what weight and credibility as you, the jury, determine it should be given, consistent with all the witnesses that took the stand in this case." "[T]he fact that isolated instructions are erroneous or misleading is no ground for reversal where the instructions as a wh | 1 | 1988–1988 |
Allman v. Beam
green
2 sentences1982Allman v. Beam , 272 Ala. 110 , 130 So.2d 194 (1961). 1982Allman v. Beam , 272 Ala. 110 , 130 So.2d 194 (1961). | 1 | 1982–1982 |
Dyer v. State
neutral
2 sentences1981Dyer v. State , 241 Ala. 679 , 4 So.2d 311 (1941) *Page 733 As the record discloses, when examining the jurors defense counsel asked two distinct inquiries. 1981Dyer v. State , 241 Ala. 679 , 4 So.2d 311 (1941) *Page 733 As the record discloses, when examining the jurors defense counsel asked two distinct inquiries. | 1 | 1981–1981 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.